Urban Village Indicators Monitoring Report
Author: Office of Planning and Community Development - City of Seattle
Date: 2018
Abstract: Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan is our City’s guide for managing growth over the next twenty years. Since the Plan was first adopted in 1994, it has provided the overall vision and policy framework that informs our work to enhance the livability of the city as we welcome new residents and jobs. The City recently adopted a major update of the Plan: “Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan: Managing Growth to Become an Equitable and Sustainable City.” The foundation of the Plan continues to be the Urban Village Strategy, which is set now forth in the Plan’s Growth Strategy element. This strategy is designed to guide growth to the denser areas in the city that are best able to thrive on that growth while enabling the City to efficiently expand access to public services important for livability. Monitoring is needed for the public and decision makers to identify how well the Comprehensive Plan Growth Strategy is working to guide growth and to assess whether the city is progressing in the way the Plan envisions. The report is divided into three sections: Growth, Affordability, and Livability. Each section includes indicators for multiple topics. The section on growth presents indicators on both housing growth and employment growth, The section on affordability includes indicators on housing dedicated to serving low-income households as well as the affordability of market-rate housing. The section on livability contains indicators on access to transit, sidewalks, and parks and open space. Each of the indicators has been selected to provide meaningful information on how the city is growing and progressing relative to the Plan’s goals and policies. However, each of these indicators has limitations and tells only a partial story. Along with the indicators, we’ve provided links to City webpages that supply additional information on community conditions and the ways in which the City is working to implement Plan policies and goals.
Tags: Economy, Employment, Housing, Neighborhoods, Quality of life, Transportation,
Link to Resource: https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/OngoingInitiatives/SeattlesComprehensivePlan/OPCD%20Comprehensive%20Plan%20Urban%20Village%20Indicators%20Monitoring%20Rpt%206%2026%202018%20w_pg%2047%20corr.pdf
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Date: 2018
Abstract: Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan is our City’s guide for managing growth over the next twenty years. Since the Plan was first adopted in 1994, it has provided the overall vision and policy framework that informs our work to enhance the livability of the city as we welcome new residents and jobs. The City recently adopted a major update of the Plan: “Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan: Managing Growth to Become an Equitable and Sustainable City.” The foundation of the Plan continues to be the Urban Village Strategy, which is set now forth in the Plan’s Growth Strategy element. This strategy is designed to guide growth to the denser areas in the city that are best able to thrive on that growth while enabling the City to efficiently expand access to public services important for livability. Monitoring is needed for the public and decision makers to identify how well the Comprehensive Plan Growth Strategy is working to guide growth and to assess whether the city is progressing in the way the Plan envisions. The report is divided into three sections: Growth, Affordability, and Livability. Each section includes indicators for multiple topics. The section on growth presents indicators on both housing growth and employment growth, The section on affordability includes indicators on housing dedicated to serving low-income households as well as the affordability of market-rate housing. The section on livability contains indicators on access to transit, sidewalks, and parks and open space. Each of the indicators has been selected to provide meaningful information on how the city is growing and progressing relative to the Plan’s goals and policies. However, each of these indicators has limitations and tells only a partial story. Along with the indicators, we’ve provided links to City webpages that supply additional information on community conditions and the ways in which the City is working to implement Plan policies and goals.
Tags: Economy, Employment, Housing, Neighborhoods, Quality of life, Transportation,
Link to Resource: https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/OngoingInitiatives/SeattlesComprehensivePlan/OPCD%20Comprehensive%20Plan%20Urban%20Village%20Indicators%20Monitoring%20Rpt%206%2026%202018%20w_pg%2047%20corr.pdf
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